Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.

Curavit Acquires Lindus Health CRO Assets

Curavit Clinical Research has acquired the CRO assets of Lindus Health, expanding its clinical trial operations across the U.S. and Europe.

August 19, 2026

Oakley Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Graphwise

Oakley Capital has acquired a majority stake in Graphwise through Fund VI. The companies did not disclose financial terms.

August 19, 2026

Codio Launches AI Literacy Course and Raises $5 Million

Codio has launched an AI Literacy offering for higher education and completed a $5 million strategic growth financing led by Armada Investment.

August 18, 2026

Checkr Acquires Truv for Mortgage and Government Verification

Checkr acquired Truv to add income, employment, and asset verification capabilities, expanding its mortgage business and entering government benefits eligibility verification.

August 18, 2026

Hopscotch Primary Care Raises $53 Million for Rural Health Care Expansion

Hopscotch Primary Care raised $53 million in Series D financing to expand its rural primary care model and scale its technology powered operations.

August 18, 2026

Stigg Acquires Received.ai for Usage Billing and Contract Management

Stigg acquired Received.ai to add contract management and usage based invoicing to its pricing and entitlements platform. The new capabilities are now in public beta, with general availability planned through 2026.

August 18, 2026

GrubMarket Acquires JR Holland in UK Expansion

GrubMarket has acquired JR Holland, a fresh produce and foodservice distributor serving North East England and Scotland. JR Holland will keep its brand and leadership team and gain access to GrubMarket software tools.

August 18, 2026

Happy Health Raises $75 Million for Home Healthcare

Happy Health has raised $75 million for its home healthcare business. The company says its FDA cleared smart ring can diagnose sleep apnea in as few as three nights.

August 18, 2026

Smack Technologies Raises $61 Million to Build Tactical AI Hardware

Smack Technologies raised a $61 million Series B round led by Costanoa Ventures and First In to expand its national security AI platforms and build hardware for tactical edge deployments.

August 18, 2026

Fractal Analytics Wins $17 Million AI Data Deal With U.S. Healthcare Enterprise

Fractal Analytics has secured a more than $17 million agreement with a U.S. healthcare organization to modernize its data and AI foundation on Databricks.

August 18, 2026

FORT Robotics to Go Public Through Newbury Street II Deal

FORT Robotics plans to go public through a business combination with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp. The deal values the combined company at $556.6 million and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.

August 18, 2026

Synthefy Raises $6.5 Million and Launches Structured Data Model Platform

Synthefy launched a foundation model platform for structured data and raised a $6.5 million seed round led by Wing Venture Capital.

August 18, 2026

Stripe to Buy OpenRouter for More Than $7 Billion

Stripe has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7 billion. OpenRouter gives developers access to hundreds of AI models and helps them switch between providers.

August 18, 2026

Molex Invests in CAEPlus for AI Data Center Cooling

Molex has made a strategic investment in CAEPlus to support active liquid cooling technology for AI and high performance computing data centers.

August 17, 2026

VastAdvisor Raises $1 Million for AI Wealth Management Growth Platform

VastAdvisor closed a $1 million SAFE round to fund its AI platform for organic growth in wealth management. The company plans to use the funding for product development and market expansion.

August 17, 2026

Spin Master to Acquire Hapiko, Maker of AI Sticker Tool for Kids

Spin Master has agreed to acquire Hapiko, the Brooklyn company behind Stickerbox, an AI powered tool that turns children's spoken ideas into printable stickers.

August 17, 2026

DEFSEC Technologies Plans CAD$5.54M Private Placement

DEFSEC Technologies expects to raise about CAD$5.54 million through a private placement of common shares, warrants, and warrants funded in advance.

August 17, 2026

WhiteFiber Plans Two More North Carolina Data Center Campuses

WhiteFiber agreed to acquire two industrial properties in Yadkin County, North Carolina, for $60 million through Enovum Data Centers. The company plans to retrofit the sites into NC-2 and NC-3 data center campuses with at least 60 MW of initial gross utility capacity.

August 17, 2026

Xpander Raises $7.5 Million and Introduces Omni AI Agent

Xpander raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by Pico Venture Partners and introduced Omni, an enterprise AI agent that scored 90.9% on the GAIA benchmark.

August 17, 2026

Higgsfield Raises $400 Million at $5.4 Billion Valuation

Higgsfield raised $400 million in Series B financing at a $5.4 billion valuation. DST Global led the round, and the company said it has reached $700 million in annualized revenue.

August 17, 2026

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